Duanwu Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu Festival, Dragon Festival, Zhengyang Festival, Tianzhong Festival, etc., which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Dragon Boat Festival originates from the worship of heavenly phenomena and evolved from the sacrifice of dragons in ancient times. Mid-summer Dragon Boat Festival, Canglong seven lodges soared to the south in the sky, is the day of the dragon, that is, such as the "I Ching - Qian Gua" lines of the fifth line of the lines said: "Flying Dragon in the sky". Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Star both "to get in" and "get positive", is a great sign of good fortune. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival covers ancient astrological culture, humanistic philosophy and other aspects, containing a profound and rich cultural connotation; in the inheritance and development of a variety of folklore as one, the festival is rich in customary content. The Dragon Boat and Rice Dumplings are the two major rituals of the Dragon Boat Festival, which have been passed down in China since ancient times and are still practiced today. [1][2][3][4]

The Dragon Boat Festival, originally created by the ancestors of Wu-Yue in the south to worship the dragon ancestor of the festival [5][6][7]. Because of the legend of the Warring States period of the Chu poet Qu Yuan jumped Miluo River on the fifth of May to kill himself, and later people will also be the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan; also commemorates the Wu Zixu, Cao E and Jie Zi Tui and other sayings. In general, the Dragon Boat Festival originated in the ancient ancestors to choose "dragon ascending to heaven" auspicious day to sacrifice the dragon ancestor, injected into the summer seasonal "disease prevention" fashion, the Dragon Boat Festival as a "bad month and bad day" in the North of the Central Plains, attached to commemorate the Qu Yuan and other historical figures to commemorate the content. The Duanwu custom can be said to have been formed as a result of the Duanwu custom formation can be said to be the product of the fusion of northern and southern customs.

The Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and known as China's four traditional festivals. The culture of Dragon Boat Festival has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also have activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. 2006 May, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; since 2008, it has been listed as a national legal holiday. 2009 September, UNESCO formally approved to be included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and the Dragon Boat Festival became the first national festival to be selected as a world intangible heritage in China. The Dragon Boat Festival has become the first festival in China to be selected as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Chinese Name

Duanwu Festival

English Name

Dragon Boat Festival

Alias

Duanyang Festival, Dragon Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Day of the Dragon, Tianzhong Festival, etc.

Time of the Festival

Early 5th day of 5th month of the Lunar Calendar

Festival Types

The four major traditional Chinese festivals are the Duanwu Festival, which is the first of its kind in China. p>

One of the four traditional Chinese festivals